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CRITICAL RESOURCE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Protection of Life
  • Protection of Property
DEF

A resource that is necessary to preserve life, property, safety and security.

OBS

Critical resources include materials, personnel and finances that are in short supply and that are needed by more than one incident management team or needed for high priority assignments.

OBS

critical resource: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

critical resource: term officially recognized by the Emergency Preparedness Committee.

OBS

critical resource: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • critical resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Sécurité des biens
DEF

Ressource qui est nécessaire pour préserver la vie et les biens, de même que pour assurer la sécurité et la protection.

OBS

Les ressources essentielles comprennent les ressources matérielles, humaines et financières qui font l'objet d'une pénurie et qui sont requises par plus d'une équipe de gestion des incidents ou pour des missions de haute priorité.

OBS

ressource essentielle : terme adopté par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la protection civile.

OBS

ressource essentielle : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • ressources essentielles

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
OBS

resource: any facility of the computer or OS available to a job or task including input/output devices, the CPU, control and processing programs, and operating personnel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Ressource qui n'est accessible à un moment donné qu'à un seul processus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Recurso de una computadora (ordenador) o sistema informático que sólo puede usarse a la vez por un solo proceso, tarea o programa; por ejemplo, un procesador o una impresora.

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